Labette, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67356. The Survey maps it on the Labette quadrangle. 50 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLabette fell from 78 to 50 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 78 | |
| 2020 | 50 | -28 (-36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1886 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Labette quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Labette between 2015 and 2018, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 56 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 180034 |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180027 |
| 15 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 22 |
| 12 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 21 |
| 3 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 180007 |
| 24 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Labette County | 170016 |
| 19 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Labette County | 170012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Labette: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Mine | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | 1968 | |
| Parsons Quarry & Mill No.3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Labette in 18 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Labette | $20,000 | A house had a partially collapsed roof, with the roof blown off of a machine shed. Also, numerous trees were reported down. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Labette | - | The report was received via Twitter. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Labette | - | A significant amount of tree damage was noted and a hay shed was destroyed. The report is from Twitter. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Labette | - | Water was reported flowing over Highway 59 and was 8 inches deep for about one eighth of a mile. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Labette | - | A brief touchdown occurred in open country and was 75 yards wide. It was observed by the Emergency Manager and a storm chasers video. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Labette | - | Several county roads were reported as under water and impassable. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Labette | - | Several tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Labette | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Labette | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Labette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2666681 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 469451. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












